May

AERA to Launch Open Access Journal
May 21—The American Educational Research Association announced today that it will launch AERA Open, an online, peer-reviewed journal that will be freely available to all readers on the web. AERA Open is expected to start publishing articles in early 2014. Read more

April

Noted Education Expert Gary Orfield Selected as 2013 Brown Lecturer 
April 29—Gary Orfield, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has been selected by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) to present the 2013 Brown Lecture in Education Research. The announcement was made at the Association’s 94th Annual Meeting taking place this week in San Francisco. Read more

AERA Issues Report on Prevention of Bullying in Schools and Colleges
April 30, 2012—AERA issued a new report titled Prevention of Bullying in Schools, Colleges, and Universities: Research Report and Recommendations. The report results from the work of a blue-ribbon AERA task force mandated to prepare and present practical short-term and long-term recommendations to address bullying of children and youth. Read more

AERA to Live-Stream Select Annual Meeting Sessions
April 24, 2013—Nine sessions will feature prominent scholars and other national voices speaking on key issues at all levels of education. Free registration is required to watch any of the nine sessions. Read more

Special Section of Educational Researcher Tackles Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
April 24, 2013—As the higher education community and the nation await a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, Educational Researcher (ER) examines the role of social science research in the arena of public affairs. Read more

Scholars Examine Research on the Use of Race in Admissions in Anticipation of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin Decision by U.S. Supreme Court
April 24, 2013—At the AERA Annual Meeting, two sessions on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin will outline scientific evidence on the use of race as one factor in the university’s admissions policy as outlined in the AERA et al. amicus brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court and the implications of the imminent court decision for higher education. Read more

Arne Duncan and Leading Scholars to Discuss Key Issues with More than 14,000 Education Researchers at AERA Annual Meeting
April 7, 2013—U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and the field’s leading scholars will meet with more than 14,000 education researchers at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association to examine the major issues and challenges facing students at all levels of education, educators, policy makers, and other stakeholders. Read more

AERA Announces 2013 Award Winners in Education Research
April 4, 2013—AERA today announced the winners of its 2013 awards for excellence in education research. AERA will honor the recipients for their outstanding scholarship and service at an awards ceremony luncheon on April 29 at the AERA Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Read more

Deadline for AERA-EWA Data Journalism Fellowships Quickly Approaching
April 2, 2013─Journalists interested in broadening their understanding of education data have until April 5 to apply for a week-long fellowship co-sponsored by AERA and the Education Writers Association. Read more

March

Joyce E. King Voted President-Elect of the American Educational Research Association
March 2013─Joyce E. King, a Georgia State University professor who is expert in teacher education and Black culture and education, has been voted president-elect of AERA. Her term as president begins at the conclusion of AERA’s 2014 Annual Meeting, after one year of service as president-elect. Read more

AERA Announces 2013 Fellows
March 2013─AERA has announced the selection of 23 scholars as 2013 AERA Fellows. Read more

February

OSTP Announces Plans to Increase Access to Federally Funded Research, AERA Well-Positioned to Respond
February 2013─The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a memorandum on February 22, 2013, directing all federal agencies with R&D expenditures exceeding $100 million per year to develop plans to increase public access to the results of unclassified, federally funded research. Public access to knowledge, federally funded or not, has been a priority topic for AERA. Read more

AERA Announces Publication of the International Handbook of Research on Environmental Education
February 4, 2013─AERA is proud to announce the publication of the International Handbook of Research on Environmental Education, a volume aimed at educators, researchers, policy makers, and students to help create better understanding of environmental issues. Read more

January

The Impact of Affirmative Action Bans in Graduate Fields of Study
January 23, 2013─Important findings on the impact of banning affirmative action in higher education were just published in the American Educational Research Journal (AERJ). The article, “Understanding the Impact of Affirmative Action Bans in Different Graduate Fields of Study,” examines the effects of affirmative action bans on the enrollment of students of color across six fields of graduate study in four states. Read more

New Research Shows Uncertain Benefits after Grade 2
January 14, 2013─Education researchers Paul Hanselman and Geoffrey D. Borman have evaluated the impact of literacy instruction in grades 3 through 5. Their findings were published in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA). Read more

Researchers Find Quality of Instruction Trumps Language in Reading Programs for Elementary-Age English Language Learners
January 14, 2013─New research synthesizes studies of English reading outcomes for Spanish-dominant English language learners (ELLs) in elementary schools. The review appears in the December issue of Review of Educational Research. Read more